Angra do Heroísmo delivers five rehabilitated dwellings in the Twelve Ribeiras

O municipality of Angra do Heroísmo, on the island Terceira, Azores, delivered five houses rehabilitated in the parish of Twelve Ribeiras with the support of the program 1st Law and the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR), was today released.

According to a note from the municipality, the works that have now been completed have enabled the rehabilitation of properties for households identified under the Local Housing Strategy (ELH), “ensureing better living conditions, energy efficiency, comfort and security”.

“ This intervention represents another step in the municipal strategy to combat housing shortages and to promote decent living conditions for the families of the municipality, contributing to the realization of the right to adequate, safe and comfortable housing ", it has advanced.

Also according to the note, the delivery of these houses reflects the commitment of the Angra do Heroísmo Municipal Council “with the improvement of the population’s quality of life and the creation of effective responses to the housing challenges existing in the municipality”.

“ Each house recovered represents a concrete improvement in the lives of the people and beneficiary families, constituting an investment in the well-being, dignity and future of our community ", said the mayor of Angra do Heroísmo, Fátima Amorim, at the ceremony of delivery of the five houses that were rehabilitated in the parish of Twelve Ribeiras.

By the end of the year, “15 more houses of direct beneficiaries will be completed and delivered, which had approved applications at the Institute of Housing and Urban Rehabilitation”, according to the municipality.

The municipality of Angra do Heroísmo ensures that it will continue to develop projects under ELH, taking advantage of the funding opportunities available to “ensure that more families can benefit from appropriate housing solutions”.

The 1st Law – Program to Support Access to Housing, integrated into the national housing policy and funded by the PRR, “has allowed to mobilize significant investments for the recovery and rehabilitation of the social and private housing park, supporting families in precarious housing and promoting social and territorial cohesion”, he said.

In a note previously published, the municipality of Angra do Heroísmo said that it elaborated its ELH based on an updated global diagnosis of the housing shortages of the municipality.

The municipality has “been committed to solving unworthy housing situations, in the rehabilitation of the municipal housing park, in strengthening the response to situations of shortage and in the valorization of housing and urban environment, promoting the attraction and fixation of people in the municipality”.

As regards the municipal housing park, the municipality proposed the rehabilitation of 449 municipal dwellings and the construction of 40 new houses, an investment of more than EUR 60 million, as well as the rehabilitation of dwellings belonging to the heritage of the Juntas de Freguesia, in an investment of more than EUR 1 million.

In the framework of ELH, the rehabilitation of private dwellings, in an investment of more than EUR 24 million, was also contemplated.